+++ Bundesliga in the news ticker +++: RB Leipzig is runner-up – Wolfsburg follows Dortmund into the Champions League
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The Bundesliga in the final sprint. Bayern are champions, BVB overtakes Frankfurt in the fight for the Champions League. Schalke is relegated, it will be dangerous for Cologne and Bremen, Bochum is about to be promoted. All the news about the Bundesliga, 2nd and 3rd league in the ticker at FOCUS Online.
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- RB Leipzig is runner-up – Wolfsburg follows Dortmund into the Champions League
- Hertha BSC wins after deficit against relegated Schalke
- FC Bayern: District Office throws player women out of quarantine camp
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RB is runner-up – Wolfsburg plays in the Champions League
10:27 p.m .: Three days after losing the cup final, RB Leipzig reported back with a strong fighting performance and secured the runner-up in the Bundesliga. The Saxons won 2: 2 (0: 2) against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday after a 2-0 deficit at the break and can therefore no longer be displaced from second place. In the end, the point was enough for Wolfsburg to safely qualify for the upcoming Champions League.
Maximilian Philipp (12th minute) gave Wolfsburg the lead with a dream goal when he hit the ball from 18 meters into the corner. In stoppage time in the first half, the loan from Dinamo Moscow added his fifth goal of the season. Leipzig countered shortly after the break with Justin Kluivert (51st), captain Marcel Sabitzer (78th) equalized with a penalty kick.
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Klose also goes to Flick: World champions say goodbye to FC Bayern
Sunday, May 16, 6:56 p.m.: Former national soccer player Miroslav Klose will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season. The contract of the current assistant to head coach Hansi Flick expires at the end of the season. He will “not be here next season,” said the 42-year-old Klose in a “kicker” interview that the specialist magazine published on its online page on Sunday.
The 2014 world champion recently successfully completed his soccer teacher exams. According to Klose, he has “several exciting options” for his professional future. “And I am sure that a decision will be made soon about what I will do in the coming season,” he announced.
The former world-class striker is also under discussion, in the event of a national coach engagement by Flick (56), to stand by his previous boss in the national team again as an assistant coach.
FC Bayern: District Office throws player women out of quarantine camp
Friday, May 14th, 6:50 p.m .: On Wednesday, FC Bayern Munich moved into its quarantine training camp at Chiemsee, which is required by the DFL. Some of the players ‘partners and children were also there, but the relatives’ stay in the training camp is now over.
As reported by “Bild”, the Traunstein District Office has now kicked the Bayern stars’ wives from their accommodation! The hotel was informed that “all persons who are not absolutely necessary to carry out the training operation” must leave the hotel immediately.
As much as they like to have FC Bayern as a guest, “the rules apply equally to everyone”. Accompaniment by family members is currently prohibited with regard to the corona pandemic, according to the district office. The relatives of Sané, Kimmich, Süle, Alaba, Choupo-Moting and Tolisso were affected.
“It is true that such training camps are basically possible for professional athletes according to the current regulations. However, it is not permitted for relatives to be accommodated in the hotel who have nothing to do with the implementation of the training Connection with the sporting business allowed “, so the Explanation of the district office.
Lewandowski ends training early – Bayern gives the all-clear
1:48 p.m .: Shock in the quarantine training camp of FC Bayern. Robert Lewandowski had to stop the first team training session at Chiemsee after 40 minutes due to an injury. The Polish striker injured himself without outside interference and left the pitch with the team doctors. This is reported by “Bild”.
The club then gave the all-clear. According to the club on Thursday, Lewandowski trained “a little shorter than the rest of the team due to stress control.” The Pole (39 goals this season) is about to break Gerd Müller’s historic record (40 goals) from the 1971/72 season.
Bayern’s center forward had a ligament stretch in his knee with the national team at the end of March and was out for three weeks.
Hertha BSC wins after deficit against relegated Schalke
7:56 p.m .: Hertha BSC ended the three catch-up games in the Bundesliga with a win and thus remained unbeaten after the two-week corona quarantine ended. The Berliners came in the fight to stay in class on Wednesday evening at relegated FC Schalke 04 to a 2: 1 (1: 1) success. Amine Harit (6th) had put the hosts in the lead. Defender Dedryck Boyata (19th) and Jessic Ngankam (73rd) ensured the victory with their goals. The Berlin Dodi Lukebakio saw yellow-red in the 88th minute.
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With the seventh game in a row without defeat, Hertha BSC improved to 13th place with 32 points before the last two Bundesliga matchdays and is five points ahead of 1. FC Köln on relegation position 17. On Saturday, the Berliners play against Cologne and can make the class stay perfect with a win.
Uschi Müller on goal record: “Gerd would allow Lewandowski”
Wednesday, May 12th, 10.15 a.m .: According to his wife Uschi, “Bomber” Gerd Müller would not take offense against Bayern Munich’s striker Robert Lewandowski. “Gerd would treat him to it. He would be the first to congratulate”, she told “Sport Bild”: “He was always amazed that no one had caught up with him long ago.”
Uschi Müller also trusts the current world footballer to set the record. “I am absolutely convinced that Lewandowski can do it. He played a great season and is a hard worker,” she said. However, “as a wife, she would prefer Gerd to keep him,” she added with a laugh: “Dear Robert Lewandowski, 40 goals are enough.”
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Lewandowski has 39 goals this season in the Bundesliga, just one goal behind Bayern legend Müller, who scored 40 goals in the 1971/72 season. Lewandowski has two more opportunities to break the record on Saturday at SC Freiburg and at the end of the season against FC Augsburg.
A comparison between Gerd Müller and Lewandowski makes little sense, according to Uschi Müller. “You can’t compare the two with each other. Robert is an athlete, Gerd was an artist,” she said: “He was like a rubber ball. Gerd always had two men on his feet. That is Lewandowski’s athletic one Impossible shape. “
Gerd Müller, who scored 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games, has been cared for in a home for seriously dementia patients since November 2015.
Steffen Baumgart is the new coach at 1. FC Köln
11.26 a.m .: Steffen Baumgart is the new coach at 1. FC Köln. The club announced this on its website. After long speculation about where Baumgart is going after leaving SC Paderborn in the summer, it is now clear that the 49-year-old has signed a two-year contract with Cologne that is independent of the league.
“We are very pleased that Steffen Baumgart has chosen 1. FC Köln. He has done an outstanding job in Paderborn over the past few years. He has proven that he can develop and improve players regardless of their age. He is now the right man for the path that we have to take in the next few years. He is also an emotional leader who fits in very well with FC ”, explained FC managing director Horst Heldt.
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In his future job, Baumgart is also attracted by the flair of the city on the Rhine – right up to the carnival. “The same applies to social life as it does to sports: I’m looking forward to Cologne – and of course also to the carnival,” he told Sport1. “I want to experience the fans and the Cologne emotions up close. Cologne stands for pure emotions, a lot of atmosphere and this concentrated power. You want to experience that when you can work there as a coach.”
In return, he accepts the additional hype. “I am aware that there are three more cameras on the training ground at FC. But I can handle that. I am very open about my new location. I also live in the middle of Berlin, so I am a city kid. Cologne is one too Metropolis, and I look very relaxed, whether it’s a house or one flat will, “said Baumgart.
Quick test turns out positive: Schalke players in isolation
3:27 p.m .: A corona quick test was positive on Monday for a player from Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04. The affected and unnamed professional immediately went into domestic isolation, said the Revierclub. The club cannot currently answer whether the positive test will have an impact on the catch-up game against Hertha BSC on Wednesday (6 p.m.), it said.
All other members of the team had tested negative. Nevertheless, the training on Monday was canceled as a precaution. PCR tests were also carried out, the results of which should be available on Tuesday. Then it will be decided whether training can be resumed. Schalke has already been relegated.
Heldt: Cologne has “clear favorites” when looking for a coach
2:57 p.m .: At 1. FC Köln the clarification of the coach question is apparently imminent. “We have a clear favorite,” said sports director Horst Heldt on Monday, but “didn’t want to comment on any names”.
Apparently it is the Paderborn Steffen Baumgart, who is also courted by Hamburger SV. Baumgart told the “Express” that “I will make a decision this week”.
Whether the FC holds the class or the HSV rises is not decisive. “Membership in the league plays a subordinate role for me,” said Baumgart: “I’m interested in the right project.”
Surprise in Hanover: Zimmermann becomes the new 96 coach
Monday, May 10th, 11.30 a.m .: At Hannover 96 the search for a coach is over. Jan Zimmermann will take over Lower Saxony in the summer. The club officially announced this on Monday morning.
Zimmermann is currently training the northern German regional division TSV Havelse. Now the 41-year-old gets a two-year contract until 2023 in Hanover. There he succeeds Kenan Kocak.
“We dealt intensively with very few candidates and after several discussions with Jan Zimmermann made a conscious decision in favor of him,” says 96 managing director Martin Kind. “He is an ambitious, ambitious coach with a high level of identification with the city and the region. And his understanding of football fits in perfectly with the future philosophy and strategy of Hannover 96. “
Kind had also spoken to Paderborn’s trainer Steffen Baumgart about an engagement in Hanover. Baumgart is also a candidate for 1. FC Köln and Hamburger SV and seems to see better prospects there than in Hanover.
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